Everton U18s 2 – 3 Nottingham Forest U18s
Nottingham Forest U18s are the visitors at Finch Farm today to take on Everton U18s full of youngsters as the impact of player shortages has a trickle-down effect on selections, with kick-off at 12 noon.
Leighton Baines has been working with a fairly fresh group of players as many of last season’s have been elevated to make up the numbers for the U21s, who play Sunderland tomorrow afternoon. One new name is that of Adam Seve, goalkeeper on the bench.
A rather worrying trend followed as Everton U18s stormed into a two-goal lead thanks to Braiden Graham, but had squandered the advantage and were 3-2 behind at the break.
Everton U18s: Lukjanciks, Finney (89′ Stewart), Van Schoor, Lambert, Thomas, Davis, Wren (46′ Morgan), Foster, Loney, Gardener (46′ Matos), Graham.
Subs not Used: Seve, Akarakiri.